News tagged with flu hospitalizations
With proper planning, selective rather than mass vaccination can provide immunity against flu
With the current outbreak of the flu season in Israel, hospitals are reporting overcrowding, and doctors are advising people who have not yet been vaccinated against flu to get their shots.
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Jan 03, 2011 |
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Study finds H1N1 associated with serious health risks for pregnant women
Pregnant women who contract the H1N1 flu strain are at risk for obstetrical complications including fetal distress, premature delivery, emergency cesarean delivery and fetal death, according to a report in the May 24 issue ...
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May 24, 2010 |
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For older adults, flu season tends to peak first in Nevada, last in Maine
An analysis of hospitalization records for adults age 65 and over found that seasonal flu tends to move in traveling waves, peaking earliest in western states such as Nevada, Utah, and California and working ...
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Apr 15, 2010 |
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Protecting patients: Study shows that Johns Hopkins flu vaccination rates twice national average
A campaign that makes seasonal flu vaccinations for hospital staff free, convenient, ubiquitous and hard to ignore succeeds fairly well in moving care providers closer to a state of "herd" immunity and protecting patients ...
Feb 11, 2010 |
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British researchers: little evidence Tamiflu works
(AP) -- British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths.
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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Severity of H1N1 flu in US during current flu season may be less than feared
A new study from researchers at the UK Medical Research Council and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) projects that the severity of the H1N1 flu during the autumn-winter flu season in the U.S. will likely be less ...
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Dec 08, 2009 |
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CDC: Swine flu kids' deaths jump to 114
(AP) -- Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths - the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday.
Oct 30, 2009 |
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CDC: Up to 6 million swine flu cases in few months
(AP) -- As many as 5.7 million Americans were infected with swine flu during the first few months of the pandemic, according to estimates from federal health officials.
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Oct 29, 2009 |
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Report: Flu might fill up hospitals in 15 states
(AP) -- If a third of people wind up catching swine flu, 15 states could run out of hospital beds around the time the outbreak peaks, a new report warns Thursday.
Oct 01, 2009 |
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2,000 students at Washington State University report swine flu symptoms (Update)
Some 2,000 students at Washington State University have reported symptoms of swine flu, university officials said, in one of the largest reported outbreaks of the virus on a US college campus.
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Sep 06, 2009 |
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Swine flu sends more blacks, Hispanics to hospital
(AP) -- Swine flu was four times more likely to send blacks and Hispanics to the hospital than whites, according to a study in Chicago that offers one of the first looks at how the virus has affected different racial groups.
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Aug 27, 2009 |
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Flu shot not effective in preventing flu-related hospitalizations in asthmatic children
The inactivated flu vaccine does not appear to be effective in preventing influenza-related hospitalizations in children, especially the ones with asthma. In fact, children who get the flu vaccine are more at risk for hospitalization ...
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May 19, 2009 |
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Influenza pandemic planning needed to assure adequate care for pregnant women and newborns
Pregnant women and newborns are at greatest risk in a flu epidemic, but more planning must be done to ensure that they receive priority treatment should an outbreak occur, according to a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ...
May 13, 2009 |
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15 is median age of US swine flu hospital cases
(AP) -- People hospitalized in the United States for swine flu are turning out to be younger than is typical for regular flu.
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May 06, 2009 |
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Paris Hilton not only one confused about swine flu
(AP) -- Paris Hilton says "I don't eat that" when asked about swine flu in an online video. She's not the only one confused about the outbreak.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 01, 2009 |
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